14:30
Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)
Class 2, 2m5f, Hurdle, 4yo+, 7 runners
Winning time 5m 5.21s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 10 hurdles
Result
Gavin Sheehan
Jamie Snowden
Settled in the pack - nudged along before the 7th - progress to share the front 2 out - pushed clear and took the last cleanly - stayed on strongly to win
Jonathan Burke
Hughie Morrison
Held a central position early - pushed along before 2 out and stayed involved - improved to close on the leader approaching the last - stayed on but held for 2nd
Harry Cobden
Paul Nicholls
Settled off the pace in the pack - pushed along and made progress wide before 2 out - unable to match the front-runners on the run-in - finished third
No. 1
6yo, 11-9, OR 129
J: Callum Pritchard (5) · T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
Callum Pritchard (5)
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White
Settled in the pack - pushed along before two out and dropped away - soon left behind - nudged closer along the run-in to finish 4th
Tristan Durrell (3)
Dan Skelton
Set the pace and opened a big gap before the 2nd - lost fluency at the 5th and blundered the 7th - lead shrinking under pressure and caught 2 out - error at the last saw slip to fourth - faded in the closing stages to finish fifth
Sam Twiston-Davies
James Owen
Held up handy early - unbalanced 2nd and stumbled 3rd - driven approaching 2 out and slipped back - dropped away steadily to finish 6th
Charlie Hammond
Stuart Edmunds
Held up at the back throughout - clumsy at the 7th - pushed along and losing touch before 2 out - dropped away to finish last home
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.